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To: JDW11235

They need a civilian review board in Las Vegas. Now.

I remember the West Point graduate who was shot to death by Metro after leaving the Costco. The man was legally carrying. The security tapes conveniently disappeared, and the cops who killed an innocent man were promoted.


16 posted on 01/17/2012 5:29:30 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (The "Occupy Wall Street" losers should try occupying their local employment office. GET A JOB!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Yeah, I remember that too. He wasn’t even leaving the Costco, he was stil shopping. And witness said he was complying, also, but that they shot him anyway. I remember a case of that when I was younger, maybe 17-18. 30 some odd witnesses said the man they were engaging was calm and obeying their orders. If I remember right, the gun was already on the ground, and they shot him anyway. They (the police) said he was reaching again for the weapon, and they shot him dozens of times. Witnesses said no such thing happened.

I also remember when I was 18 (this one I know for sure), a man sued the police because he suffered second degree burns. It was summer (about 115 degrees), and the man was walking down a rich neighborhood and was also black. The police driving by asked him what he was doing, to which he responded “Walking” or something like that. They wanted ID, etc. And he refused to answer their questions about why he was in the neighborhood. They then said they were going to take him in to question him, and he told them off. So they handcuffed him, and threw him on the front of the car, with black paint (probably close to 200 degrees in a LV summer), he was badly burned. I don’t know what ultimately happened with the case, but it was just another day for the LVMPD. Sick.


21 posted on 01/17/2012 5:46:41 PM PST by JDW11235 (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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